US Health Care Costs

Kidney failure, with complications in North Carolina

MS-DRG 683: Renal failure with cc

$24,847typical hospital bill
$7,654typical amount paid
$6,333–$14,614range paid across 58 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $24,847 for this stay in 2024, about 3.2 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Wakemed, Cary HospitalCary44$28,843$6,333
Rex HospitalRaleigh69$22,791$6,411
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory38$45,683$6,528
Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville15$24,074$6,548
Duke Health Lake Norman HospitalMooresville11$38,820$6,733
Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville36$19,314$6,808
Unc Health NashRocky Mount42$24,126$6,866
Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply26$28,253$6,914
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst98$36,143$6,921
Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde32$33,250$6,925
Ecu Health North HospitalRoanoke Rapids27$16,887$6,964
Unc Lenoir Health CareKinston39$14,127$7,139
Stanly Regional Medical CenterAlbemarle19$28,574$7,190
AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville16$21,615$7,228
High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point29$24,696$7,253
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews14$28,395$7,282
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte81$43,071$7,306
Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir12$16,280$7,311
Wilkes Regional Medical CenterNorth Wilkesboro13$24,102$7,328
Johnston HealthSmithfield35$22,550$7,344
Wilson Medical CenterWilson17$40,706$7,356
Maria Parham Medical CenterHenderson17$27,696$7,464
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia51$36,137$7,473
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville80$30,085$7,486
Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury20$33,174$7,548
Atrium Health ClevelandShelby56$41,007$7,609
Carteret General HospitalMorehead City36$16,662$7,616
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem50$24,739$7,633
Atrium Health UnionMonroe44$36,342$7,652
Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville32$24,954$7,656
Vidant Roanoke Chowan HospitalAhoskie27$22,868$7,662
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern44$24,150$7,695
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte43$32,851$7,696
Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City45$20,498$7,719
Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory17$22,088$7,730
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington75$23,281$7,813
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord59$37,951$7,949
Lexington Memorial Hospital IncLexington16$15,106$7,961
Unc Health Care WayneGoldsboro24$24,224$7,984
Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville35$27,714$7,991
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville77$24,029$8,002
Scotland Memorial HospitalLaurinburg11$36,746$8,072
Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington13$22,823$8,076
Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton21$29,879$8,151
Duke Regional HospitalDurham46$19,526$8,306
Vidant Duplin HospitalKenansville14$17,207$8,353
Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton23$31,865$8,366
Vidant Edgecombe HospitalTarboro14$21,701$8,535
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh61$29,747$8,997
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro92$20,655$9,173
Atrium Health University CityCharlotte22$36,726$9,507
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville64$23,301$9,545
Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton24$23,729$10,818
Sampson Regional Medical CenterClinton16$18,289$11,587
Duke University HospitalDurham73$25,943$12,417
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte50$37,166$12,667
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem58$25,348$14,063
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill59$32,884$14,614

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.